Light-Matter Interactions in Hybrid Material Metasurfaces.

Area of Science:

• Nanophotonics and Materials Science
• Optics and Light-Matter Interactions

Background:

• Metasurfaces are engineered planar structures that control electromagnetic waves at the subwavelength level.
• Integrating metasurfaces with emissive or stimuli-responsive materials offers new avenues for nanoscale light manipulation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To review the integration of plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces with functional materials.
• To highlight the manipulation of light-matter interactions at the nanoscale using these hybrid structures.
• To discuss the potential applications of such engineered nanophotonic devices.

Main Methods:

• Combining plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces with nanoscale emitters (e.g., quantum dots, emitters).
• Integrating metasurfaces with stimuli-responsive functional materials (e.g., for tunable devices).
• Exploring advanced metasurface designs like surface-functionalized, chemically tunable, and multilayer hybrid structures.

Main Results:

• Achieving enhanced photoluminescence, nanoscale lasing, controlled quantum emission, and exciton-polariton formation through metasurface-emitter coupling.
• Engineering tunable nanophotonic devices by combining metasurfaces with stimuli-responsive materials.
• Demonstrating the versatility of emerging metasurface designs for diverse applications.

Conclusions:

• The integration of metasurfaces with functional materials provides powerful tools for nanoscale light control.
• These hybrid nanophotonic systems offer significant potential for advancements in photocatalysis, sensing, displays, and quantum information technologies.